Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-05

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/! A SPECIAL train having on board the state
| Board OF Railroad Assessors and other
prominent officials jumped the track near
| Horton Kan, on the Goth DR.. Allen-Judge
zevers and Lieutenant-G Riddle
| were injured somewhat severely, while
number of others were bruised
THE Governor OF Ohio on the 26th ordered
| the Toledo company OF National guards to
| the scene of the riot at the Paulding
| County reservoir. The information as out
| lined to the Governor was that 200 masked
men had overpowered the guard at the res
1 ervoir and blew up the banks, saturated
| the locks and timbers with oil and burned
| them.
THE Bayview (Wis-) jury returned YER
! dict of guilty against four OF the partici-
pants of the riots last May.
A SERIOUS fracaS occurred at Jefferson
City, Mo-, on the Doth, between State Au-
ditor Walker and ex-Supreme Judge
Henry. The former called the latter a
| liar, for which he was struck over the head
with stick. Walker then shot at Henry,
the bullet lodging in his breaStbone.
Walkers skull was fractured and he was
seriously wounded Henry was sent to his
home in Kansas City, where it is thought
he will recover.
MARY HoAR and Maud Mcdonald were
thrown under the ore train on the Hecla &
Torch Lake railroad near Houghton, Mich,
recently, coupling pin breaking Miss
Hoar had her head cut from her body and
Miss McDonald's legs were crushed so
badly that amputation was necessary
A VAULT and safe In the ship chandler
house Of G. B. Carpenter & Co.. on South
Water street, Chicago. were drilled open
early the other morning and money and
jewelry aggregating $11, 600 stolen.
MEASLES have been having a marvellous
run at Madison, Wis, over 400 cases being
reported by the city health officers. No
great harm was felt, as the weather was
favorable for the encouragement of mild
form of the disease. Scarlet fever was also
prevalent.
CAPTAIN MYERS read the riot actto all the
Winnebago settlers, and warned them that
if they returned after being evicted they
would be liable to three years. imprison-
ment and fine of 81, 600.
FIRE the other evening destroyed the
Wabash round-house at Des Moines, Iowa,
containing thirteen locomotives. The loss
will scarcely fall below 500, 600, and may
exceed that sum.
w. I. NORTHRUP, prominent physician
at Haverhill, in the eastern portion OF Sci
OTTO County. O., was murdered recently by
Thomas Mccoy, a saloonkeeper, and his
brother Alfred, postmaster at Haverhill
aided by two sons of Alfred Mccoy. North
rup had favored local option, thereby in
curing McCoy's enm1ty.
has returned indictments against thirteen
local politicians for alleged violation of the
election laws. Among those indicted are
State Senator F. II. Ketchum, ex-Repre-
sentative James Carroll, William Rejesch,
Fred j. Leinert, Robert E Lee, James Con-
way, Patrick F. Golden, Peter r. Morris
sey and Joseph O'Connor.
DAVID LITTLER, of the Pacific Railway
Commission, has resigned his seat in the
Illinois Legislature.
CHICAGO capitalists said to be chiefly
int rested in the alleged bonanza discov-
cries in Mexico.
THE majority in Michigan against prohi-
bition was 5,S35 and not over 1000 as at first
reported.
THE State Sanitary Board of Colorado has
decided on more quarantine against Iowa,
against the Omaha stock yards and against
the Kansas City stock-yards.
DAKIN, the member of the Michigan Leg
islature charged with bribery, has been
found guilty and expelled from the House.
A TERRIFIC wind storm on the afternoon
of the 2Sth demolished four new frame
cottages in the town of Lake, near Chi
cago, and under the debris two workmen
were crushed to death. The victims were
JudsoL Place and Charles Carroll.
A RESOLUTION censuring President Cleve
lands action in ordering troops to Dakota
to evict the settlers on the Crow and Win
sembly No. 8, PIT, knights of Labor, at Den
yer recently.
AT Stendal, fifteen miles from Hunting
burg, Ind, four boys were poisoned re-
Gently by eating wild parsnip in mistake
for spinach. Three of the boys died
few hours after eating, while the fourth
was reported lingering in hopeless condi-
ton.
THE western-bound Southern Pacific ex-
press was stopped and robbed at Papago
station, eighteen miles east of Tucson,
Ariz., on the night of the 9th. The num-
Der of men engaged in the robbery was
variously estimated at from five to eight.
Wells, Fargo & Co. lost S., 900. The passen-
gers were not molested.
THE Illinois House of Representatives bv
a vote of IS to 40, passed the bill prohibiting
base ball playing on Sunday.
Two hundred and fifty indictments against
eighty Bald Knobbers were found by the
grand jury at Ozark, Mo.
THE SOUTH.
THE Alabama and Mississippi lumber
dealers have asked the Interstate Com
| merce Commission to suspend the fourth
| section of the Commerce law.
DRoUTH was seriously feared in South
| ern Arkansas.
THE statue of John c. Calhoun was I'M
yelled at Charleston, S. c., on the Goth.
| Secretary Lamar delivered the Grafton
| The procession numbered 5000 with 20, 900
| spectators.
| TYPHo-PNEUMoNIA was reported epidemic
| in Pocahontas County, Va, many persons
| having died.
THE graves of Confederate soldiers were
| generally decorated throughout the South
| on the both.
| A PICNIC party on Bolivar Heights, near
| Harper's Ferry, Va, recently came across
an old bomb shell, relic of the war Sew
eral young men began pounding it with
| stones, while the rest of the party gathered
around Suddenly there was a terrific ex-
ploslon and six persons were seriously
hurt, three fatally.
THREE young sons of George W. Hay
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